Arsenal manager Wenger says Real Madrid's world-record pursuit of Tottenham star Bale will make a mockery of UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations - the Spanish giants look set to spend more than £150m on signings this summer.

Mirror Sport can reveal Bale will be offered £180,000-a-week, making him Real's second highest paid player behind Cristiano Ronaldo, and that the club are looking for "special sponsors" to help fund the total cost of the deal.

"I find it amazing that in the year that FFP comes in world football has gone completely crazy. You wonder what kind of impact and effect FFP has on the football world. It looks like it has made everybody worse than before."